when a little boy gets greedy.....

hi uollss...... selamat menyambut ramadhan hari yang ke-17 :)

last week, an old fren of mine msg-ed yours truly thru fb asking about fondant handling tips.... after much discussion, it turned out that she was asking me all these questions because her son's birthday was around the corner.

i was all hyped out because she was planning her son's cake. i keep throwing ideas at her and the next thing i know, she wants me to make the cake. HARHAR.... i LOIKE :)

i asked her what would her son want for his cake... and she answered "he wants a helicopter cake, thomas the train cake and bob the builder cake"

hahhaa..... how greedy can a 3-year old boy can get?

sooo....not to disappoint the birthday boy, i think the best solution is as below :

there it is...... all three things that ajmil wants for his birthday :)

there is the helicopter

theres ala-thomas the train

theres the truck in bob-the-builder

and....... theres bob-the-builder and his blue cat

it was a one-and-half tier blackforest cake which weighs i think no less than 4kg.

apparently birthday boy lovess his cake so much that he kept visiting his mommy's fridge before his birthday party. cutenessss

thats all for now folks... till next post :D

Results!!!!

Salam Ramadhan :)

Today is the second day of Ramadhan... am home alone and VERY EARLY at the office. Am at the office at 630 am! WOW! usually am at the office by 9 *sheepish*

Rite, remember i told you how i was missing my lab and was experimenting with cake flavors and stuff in my last post? Well, today i'll be revealing the results!

EXPERIMENT 1: BLACKFOREST CUPCAKES!

*sorry folks... my cake looked massacred here :(*

Description: Blackforest cake (chocolate cake with cream cheese and cherry fillings)

Results : 6/6 lab rats commented that the cake is yummy.

Conclusion: YAAY!!!!

EXPERIMENT 2: APPLE CRUMBLE CUPCAKES!

*the before and while being eaten cupcake pics*

Description: Apple cake with crumbles... vewy BRIT-ISH i must say (the haughty brit aristocrat tone)

Results : 4/7 lab rats commented that the cake is yummy.

2/7 lab rats said the cake is a little too sweet

1/7 lab rats said need more apple to add contrast to the cake sweetnes <--BRAVO!!

Conclusion: maintain recipe but needs a bit of tweaking :D

EXPERIMENT 3: ITALIAN TIRAMISU!!

*tiramisu is truly a FEEL GOOD dessert. i personally loved this*

Description: Mousse-y feel cheesecake with coffee tang and the classic italian lady fingers!

Results : 3/7 lab rats LOVED this cake.

4/7 lab rats said the cake is good (as they are more partial to my apple crumbles)

Conclusion: excellent recipe to be kept and served during fancy2 occasions :)

EXPERIMENT 4: PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKE!

*peanut butter cuppies!*

Description: peanut butter cupcakes with a little chocolaty flavor

Results : 6/6 lab rats not really are not heads over heels in love with this

Conclusion: yeah... the cake is rather bland and not peanut-y enuf. Ill be improving this recipe as it held potential. perhaps some peanut butter fillings would do the trick ;)

EXPERIMENT 5: CRANBERRY CRUMBLE!

*cranberry crumble cake.... can u spot the cranberry?*

Description: heaps of cranberries in the cake batter with crumbles

Results : many lab rats loved this *lose count coz brought it to nina's party*

Conclusion: yeah... the cake taste is BETTER than apple crumble... but again the cranberries

are

rather expensive :D

EXPERIMENT 6: CRANBERRY CHEESE CUP

*cranberries in cheesey batter-ala-mousse*

Description: since nina piled me with lots of dried cranberries, i decided to make this. cheesy mascarpone batter with cranberries.

Results : many lab rats loved this *again, i lose count coz brought it to nina's party*

Conclusion: oklaaa.... i would prefer my tiramisu though... heeeee

EXPERIMENT 7: RAINBOW CUPCAKE!

*orange buttercream topping and rainbow cake*

Description: Orange buttercream and rainbow cake (very my-little-pony, under-the-rainbow, dont u think?)

Results : dont really get any feedback but the cakes were gone in a blink at nina's party

Conclusion: i will make this again for fun ;D

so thats it folks... i wont be holding any more experiments during puasa... but, will be baking some raya biscuits and cakes. stay tune if u wanna know :D

note: credits to amer for some nice pics of my cake. TQ amer

credits also for nina for providing cranberries for my experiments. TQ nina.....

salam ramadhan :D

hye uolls,

first of all i would like to wish u guys SALAM RAMADHAN.... semoga ramadhan ini akan memberikan ketenangan dan keberkatan untuk kita semua mengabdikan diri kepada-NYA. Insyallah.......

Last weekend, my parents held a "kenduri Doa Selamat"for my sister who will be flying off to Yogjakarta this Sunday. After all the trials she went thru, she finally made it to a uni. Good luck SHIDA!

Anyway, for the kenduri, my mum commissioned me to bake some cuppies for the guests. 50 lil cuppies to be enjoyed by the guests. my little cousins were all excited and happy to see the cuppies :D

Thats all for now

TATA :D

FACES! FACES!

Hey all!

Salam Jumaat to all my Muslim frens. :)

Let me talk about my latest project.

It was and 8 piece FACES cupcakes :D

Ive been eyeing on making faces cuppies eversince i stumbled upon several pics of them on the net.

This order was from my sister, Shida. Shida is still on vacation waiting to enroll into the Medic Faculty of ermm... some uni in Jogjakarta. *heeee..... i dun remember the uni's name. sorry *

Ok, about 2 weeks ago, i stumbled upon a post of a fren looking for part timer to teach english to some Korean students who are currently in Kuching for holiday.

Naturally, I was interested but the working hour isn't flexible. So i offered shida to the job. Besides, shida isn't doing anything punn....

so, these cupcakes are from shida (song-sheng-nim : teacher in korean) to her 8 Korean students. all topping represents the students faces.

anyone else wants me to make faces cuppies for them? :D